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    The surname Assefa

    An Amharic surname, carried by 1,083 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A210

    Assefa: #23,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Assefa #23,472, 1,083 people Assefa: #23,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Assefa #23,472, 1,083 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Assefa is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    Amharic origin

    Borrowed from Amharic አሠፋ (ʾäśäfa).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,083 people named Assefa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. That is up 98% since 2000, when the Census counted 546.

    #23,472
    rank among US surnames
    1,083
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +98.4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,141)

    Who is named Assefa

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Assefa identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Assefa

    Assefa has the Soundex code A210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A210.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Assefa come from?
    Borrowed from Amharic አሠፋ (ʾäśäfa).
    How common is the surname Assefa?
    1,083 people in the United States had the surname Assefa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Assefa?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Assefa identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Assefa getting more or less common?
    More common. 546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, up 98%.